AHIC Study Guide 2026
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📋 AHIC Exam Format at a Glance
📚 AHIC Topics to Study (53)
✍️ Sample AHIC Questions & Answers
1. Which terminology system is primarily used for inpatient diagnosis and procedure coding for billing and reimbursement in the United States?
ICD-10-CM (diagnosis) and ICD-10-PCS (inpatient procedures) are mandated by CMS for hospital billing and reimbursement in the United States.
2. Which evaluation framework assesses CDS systems across the dimensions of structure, process, and outcomes?
The Donabedian model evaluates healthcare quality using structure (resources), process (care delivery), and outcomes (patient results), applicable to CDS evaluation.
3. A project manager calculates a Cost Performance Index (CPI) of 0.85 for an EHR go-live project. This means the project is:
A CPI below 1.0 indicates the project is spending more than planned for the work completed.
4. In Agile health IT project management, a 'sprint retrospective' is conducted to:
The sprint retrospective focuses internally on the team's process, collaboration, and ways to improve future sprints.
5. A hospital's legacy system uses a proprietary data format. To integrate it with a new EHR, a middleware component is used to translate data formats. What is this component called?
An interface engine (or integration engine) translates and routes messages between systems using different formats and protocols.
6. What is the correct order for donning PPE?
The correct donning sequence is gown first, then mask/respirator, eye protection/face shield, and gloves last. This prevents contamination during application.